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A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports

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A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports. / Devereux, Paul; Krippner, Stanley; Tartz, Robert et al.
In: Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol. 18, No. 2, 01.01.2007, p. 2-28.

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Devereux, P, Krippner, S, Tartz, R & Fish, A 2007, 'A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports', Anthropology of Consciousness, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 2-28. https://doi.org/10.1525/ac.2007.18.2.2

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Devereux, P., Krippner, S., Tartz, R., & Fish, A. (2007). A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports. Anthropology of Consciousness, 18(2), 2-28. https://doi.org/10.1525/ac.2007.18.2.2

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Devereux P, Krippner S, Tartz R, Fish A. A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports. Anthropology of Consciousness. 2007 Jan 1;18(2):2-28. doi: 10.1525/ac.2007.18.2.2

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Devereux, Paul ; Krippner, Stanley ; Tartz, Robert et al. / A Preliminary Study on English and Welsh “Sacred Sites” and Home Dream Reports. In: Anthropology of Consciousness. 2007 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 2-28.

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